Tall History Tales
Andy D (Tall History Tales) is a writer, performer, producer, based in Edinburgh. His comic play Shackleton and his Stowaway was published by Methuen. It was an Ed Fringe Sold Out show in 2018, and also Sold Out at Park 90, London, in 2020. For 2022 he created/adapted Tam O’Shanter, Tales & Whisky, featuring the ‘Gothic’ poems of Robert Burns, which played at the Traverse, The Gaiety Theatre, and The Brunton Theatre, in Scotland. During 2025 he will be playing Everest Mallory 24 (With Stanley) around the UK.
For 2026
The Tale of the Original Jekyll and Hyde (Told by a Mad Hatter from Stockport)
Leicester Comedy Festival 20th Feb
Brighton Fringe 23rd May
Edinburgh Fringe 7th-31st Aug
2025
In 2025 Everest Mallory 24 played in Leicester, Brighton, London, Edinburgh, Cheltenham, and at the Keswick Mountain Festival. A comic storytelling show, based on the events of the 1924 British Mount Everest expedition!
Tam O’ Shanter
Image ©Alexander Goudie Burns the Bard. Burns the National Poet. Whose masterpiece was, is, and always will be ‘Tam O’ Shanter’ - using comic...
The Tragedy of Mary Queen of Scots
Mary, Queen of Scots, also known as Mary Stuart, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567. The only surviving...
McGonagall
William Topaz McGonagall (March 1825 – 29 September 1902) was a Scottish poet of Irish descent. He won notoriety as an extremely bad poet who...